The American Institute of CPAs has appointed Robert “Bob” Dohrer as chief auditor at the AICPA, succeeding Charles “Chuck” Landes, CPA, the AICPA’s vice president of professional standards – public accounting, who plans to retire early next year. Dohrer currently works in London for the RSM International network of audit, tax and consulting firms as […]

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From the oven to the money market; 38 phony checks in a day; software firm scheme crashes; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Oxford, N.Y.: Preparer Lavyette Anna Louisa Garcia, 41, has pled guilty to making a false claim against the U.S. and to assisting in the preparation of a false return. Garcia admitted […]

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Host Analytics, which makes cloud-based enterprise management software, has released a collaborative planning, budgeting and forecasting solution called MyPlan. The tool is made for business owners, and aims to free up accountants to spend their time on more strategic tasks. MyPlan was released in a beta version earlier this month as Project Orion. The tool […]

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The New Jersey Society of CPAs announced this week that it is now accepting nominations for its New Volunteer Award, which looks to highlight members of the organization who have shown “outstanding volunteer work” for the Society or a local charity. “Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization,” stated Ralph Albert Thomas, CEO and executive […]

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Most Americans will owe less in taxes as a result of President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the U.S. tax code, but in a few jurisdictions, about one in 10 will be paying more, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Tax Policy Center. New Jersey topped the list of states with the highest percentage […]

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Hector Garcia wants you to be better professional. In addition to his day job as CEO of full-service accounting firm Quickbookkeeping and Accounting just outside of Miami, Garcia, 36, oversees a number of side projects focused on QuickBooks, practice management, and other accounting topics to help grow value and change in the industry. His main […]

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Top 100 Firm Dixon Hughes Goodman marked Women’s History Month this March with a series of podcast episodes focused on notable female leaders in the profession. As part of the firm’s inclusion and diversity council, which seeks to increase the number of women in leadership roles within the firm and beyond, Dixon Hughes Goodman produced […]

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She was 25 years old and a month into a new job at a bank when she was invited to attend a client event with senior colleagues. Drinks, dinner ― the evening was going well when someone suggested the group go for a nightcap. The destination? A strip club. “I would liken it to watching […]

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